The Citizen Motoring secures fourth place in the Toyota GR Cup Media Challenge after two solid results in the season finale at Zwartkops.
The Citizen’s number 13 GR Corolla, which we named Apollo Creed, will be sorely missed. Picture: Toyota
In the process, Toyota afforded us the rare privilege to compete in 14 races at Kyalami, Killarney, Port Elizabeth, East London and Zwartkops. We racked up almost 12 hours of seat time and made memories that will last a lifetime.), who had wrapped up the championship during the previous round at Killarney already, completed his sixth double of the season to finish on a staggering 91 points.
I managed to stay ahead of my rival at the start and increased the gap ever so slightly as the laps went by. I gained on Hellberg, but he held his nerve in searing hot temperature for what turned into third place – 1.2 seconds ahead of me over the line – after Shanini and Visser’s challenge saw them fade down the field.
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